Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Wednesday Workout

I shared this on my instagram account yesterday in honor of Transformation Tuesday. I finally had hit a milestone in my running. My interval training has been consistently running a 400 m under 10 minutes.
As I reflect on the past two years of training I thought I was always bound to have an average pace of 15 min/mile. I can't even tell you how many times I have just wanted to hit snooze and sleep in. My favorite is watch that one show live versus watching it 3 days later on "On Demand". But I made a commitment to myself. The benefit from this is I can see my average mile pace has been decreasing steadily.
I know I have a long ways to go, but I'm celebrating this milestone. I did this and no one else. Now onto my for my second "official" half marathon training.




I have been getting a lot of questions of what keeps me motivated and here is my response.

Rule number 1:
Pick a consistent time for your workout and decide that this is worth it.

Rule number 2:
Get your things around the night before. (This helps with less scrambling in the morning and prevents waking up any of your little's.)

Rule number 3:
Share with everyone that your working out. This has really helped me be accountable. I do this along with sharing it on Instagram. I have found motivation from others that has helped me stay motivated and I also help inspire others. So everyone benefits!

Rule number 4:
After you have done it awhile and the flame has died out a bit. Go shopping for some new workout gear. No I'm not condoning you spend a lot of money that you go in debit, but find something small (headband, tank top, or socks). This may not make sense right now, but you have no idea how fun it is for that little reward in the middle of the training.

Rule number 5:
Sign up for a race or some sort of competition that you can work towards.

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